TGBT: Starting a Blog
Today is the first real day of the blogging series! And with everything in life, we must start at the very beginning (a very good place to start! [You know you just sang along with that!]). You can’t take any blog advice without one big thing: a blog.
Before you start a blog though, there’s one big question you need to ask yourself. Why do you want to blog? Think about it and really think about it. You want to know why I started blogging? To have a platform to talk about my book and writing. Obviously, life has taken this blog and made it so much more for me, but when I started way back in 10th grade with Howdy Girl (called Lala Land back then), that was the point of my blog.
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So, you need to determine the reason behind your blog. Are you a makeup guru and want to teach people how to do winged eyeliner? Are you a new mom who’s far away from her family and wants to share baby pictures with them all the time? Your “why” for blogging will determine your outcome and your path in blogging.
A makeup guru is a lot more likely to push out content and accept sponsors and grow as a brand than the new mom. In Mary Kay, we talk a lot about being intentional. You need to be intentional about blogging too, and finding your “why” for blogging will help you get there.
If you want to be successful with blogging, you need to be intentional about what you do with blogging. And before you go starting a blog, you need to be intentional by finding what you want to blog and write about.
This is great advice for those interested in blogging. The first step is figuring out what you want to blog about for sure.
Really great advice!
Intentional is my favorite word to use for everything!!!
I love posts like this. Blogging about blogging is my favorite!
Definitely the first step before starting up a blog! Most people don’t realize that you’ve got to have a detailed focus to your blog.
great tips! i think even though i’ve decided i was going to blog about travel.. i still have so many hobbies and interests it’s hard to stay focused in that specific niche. 🙂
Great advice. I know a few people who are wanting to start a blog, but it’s so hard to know what to even tell them.
Great advice! Love this!
Perfect advice! I started my blog as an online diary and a way for my friends and family to follow my travels, without me having to write a facebook status every day! It gave them a way to feel as though they were with me.
And yes, I sang along 😉
Katie <3
Looking forward to this series. Being intentional and passionate is really important, otherwise it becomes a chore and no fun!
Starting is always scary, but man I remember how EXCITING it was as well!
I have a friend who is thinking about starting a blog. I will forward her this post!
some great advice for starting a blog.
These are great tips, Laura! Thanks for sharing!
I agree you need to know and be intentional in blogging
Great advice !
Love this advice. Being intentional with my blog is the only way that it ever felt like it was the right fit for me.
Great tips! I always love blogging posts. Being intentional is so important when it comes to blogging.
10th grade?! are you kidding me?! Lol, I was into writing poetry and short stories at that age; I never would have thought of a blog. 🙂 Wow, great though!
That is a great question! If you don’t know why you want to blog, or what you want to blog about, then your blog will be really confusing.
this is good advice. i’m meeting with a friend on tuesday to talk about blogging with her!
Great advice! Thanks for sharing!